NEW YORK STATE ELA TEST2014-2015

Presented by Trina Lester Luna

https://www.engageny.org/resource/test-guides-for-english-language-arts-

and-mathematics

Test Overview- Grade 5Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

6 reading passages

42 multiple choice questions

Reading Standards

1 reading passage

7 multiple choice questions

Reading Standards

2 reading passages

3 short response

1 extended response

Reading and Writing Standards

3 passages

5 short response

1 extended response

Reading and Writing Standards

90 minutes 90 minutes 90 minutes

Test Overview-Grades 3&4Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

5 reading passages

30 multiple choice questions

Reading Standards

1 reading passage

7 multiple choice questions

Reading Standards

2 reading passages

3 short response

1 extended responseReading and Writing Standards

3 reading passages

5 short response

1 extended response

Reading and Writing Standards

70 minutes 70 minutes 70 minutes

Reading GenresLiterary Informational Argument

Fiction• Realistic• Historical• Folktale• Fable• Myth• Letter• Play

Non-Fiction• Biography• Autobiography• NF story• Memoir• Personal Narrative

• Procedural• All About• Interview• Expository with titles,

subtitles and without

• Opinion Letters• Letter• Speech• Advertisement• Op Ed• Feature articles

Test DesignGrades 3 & 4 Grade 5

Literary 4-7 passages 4-8 passages

Informational 4-7 passages 4-8 passages

Test DesignConcepts Percent of Test

Key Ideas and Details (Standards 1, 2, 3)

Up to 65%

Craft and Structure (Standards 4, 5, 6)

Up to 35%

Integration of Knowledge and Ideas (Standards 7, 8, 9)

Up to 30%

Scoring the Test• Multiple Choice

• Grades 3 & 4- 37 Questions• Grade 5- 49 Questions

• Short Answer• 8 Questions @ 2 points each

• Extended Response• 2 Questions @ 4 points each

Test Prep• Reading

• Starting March 16th

• Assessment Based• Transfer and apply learning from previous units• Maneuver through the test• Revisit reading informational, literature, argument• Week of reading mixed genres• Targeted small group instruction based on assessment

Test Prep• Writing

• Start March 16th

• Writing short response• Reading and interpreting, making decisions about how to frame

extended response questions• Drafting and revising extended response questions using rubrics

and checklists

What can I do at home?• Read often• Many genres• Longer stretches of time• Flexible• Problem solving• Good night sleep• Eat breakfast• Keep kids calm

Do Not:• Allow kids repeated practice making mistakes• Read test or test prep passages over and over and answer

questions

Magazines• Highlights• Sports Illustrated Kids• National Geographic Kids (big kid version)• American Girl• Cricket• Cobblestone (Historical)